Tough to watch. Many of us have young drivers we love. Maybe something to watch and consider this holiday season. Stay safe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8
Pale Rider wrote:WE are our kids mirror, they see what we do and emulate that...and HONESTLY I don't text anymore when Im driving...that's why its a phone...and I don't even talk when I'm in traffic...my traffic is a LOT different than my CA friends...traffic that most of yall drive in EVERYDAY...
I have a LOT more experience than my kids do behind the wheel...and its not safe for me to even do it...
Its dangerous...and I dont wanna die over a text message...
Drinking and driving?...give them the cold hard facts, take them to a morgue...My rule is, and I haven't used it btw is if you're drinking...call me...regardless of time...I will come get you...No questions asked or long boring talks...I would much rather go get a live drunk than go identify a dead body...and that's a rule for every kid I know...simply call me...and I will get you home...period...
So please be an example to your kids...and be honest with them and yourselves...
Pale Rider wrote:3 yrs ago, a friend of mine was driving his van to a ball game to watch his kid play...a HS softball game, his new wife was with him...He was passing a semi, probably way over the speed limit...he was an ex-cop and they all drive like nuts...
She said, he yelled 'OH S*&^" and jerked wheel to the right...van rolled several times...but roof maintained integrity...my friend was 6'5: way over 300#...and was ejected thru drivers window...well half way ejected and as van rolled it rolled on him...he died at the scene...his wife...who WAS buckled in went home that night with minor issues...
A week ago HIS daughter, who he was going to watch play that afternoon.... face was basically smashed flat in an accident...she wasnt wearing a belt either...
...something as simple as a damn seat belt...
Wished I could chew on his big ass one more time about him not wearing one or making his kids...